Kessler to Attend Hockey Canada's Under-22 Team Selection Camp

CALGARY, Alta. -- Harvard rising senior
All-America goaltender Christina Kessler has been invited to the
Hockey Canada’s National Women’s Under-22 Team
selection camp, to be held Aug. 7-14 at Father David Bauer Olympic
Arena.

One of 42 players and six goaltenders selected, Kessler was chosen
based on evaluations by Hockey Canada regional scouts and the
National Women’s Team coaching staff during the 2008-09
season. The players attending the camp are eligible to represent
Canada at the 2010 MLP Cup in Ravensburg, Germany in January.
Hockey Canada will use the camp to select 22 players for a
three-game series against Canada’s National Women’s
Team in Calgary later this August.

Kessler, a veteran of international competition, was a member of
last year’s under-22 team and also attended Hockey
Canada’s under-22 strength and conditioning camp last May.
She helped Team Canada’s under-22 squad win the silver medal
at the MLP Cup in January 2009, recording two shutouts and turning
aside 35 shots in two games. Kessler also made 40 saves in two
games in a three-game exhibition series against Team USA’s
under-22 team in August 2008.

A native of Trafalgar, Ont., Kessler boasts a 55-13-3 overall
record in her first three seasons at Harvard, ranking her second in
school history in victories. An All-America selection in 2008 after
setting a then-NCAA record with 12 shutouts in a single season, she
was named to the All-ECAC Hockey team for the second straight
season last winter. Kessler posted a conference-best 1.55
goals-against average in league games and was 14-2-1 with three
shutouts in ECAC Hockey action.